Classes

Head of School update

Welcome Back and Hello to the start of Summer Term 1!

We hope you all had a lovely break over Easter and enjoyed some sunshine.  April has lived up to its reputation and seen us alternately basking in amazing sunshine and then turning the heating on, bringing out winter coats and feeling like we are back in winter!  The children regaled us with lots of stories of their exploits visiting friends and family, seeing spring lambing and enjoying the countryside and coastline where we live. 

This week the children have started a new topic of learning, please see the class updates for more details. You will also be receiving your child/ren knowledge organisers for the term. 

The launch of our new Reading Cafe’s started this week and was well received. These have replaced our reading morning’s.  To sign up please use the form here: https://forms.gle/kdDkrrzQg529j3yv7

The weather scuppered our plans to unveil our new Buddy Bench however this has now been rescheduled to next Tuesday; thanks to Councillor Wendy Richards for being so flexible!

Wellbeing session

Yesterday our year 6 cohort were visited by the Mental Health Support and Wellbeing team (part of an NHS funded support supplied to schools) to deliver a session on strategies the children can use to recognise and alleviate the signs and symptoms of stress and/or anxiety.  We will be using this to support each other as the children go through their SATs and beyond. 

SATS breakfast – Each year we provided a complimentary breakfast to our Year 6 cohort during SATS week Monday 13 – Thursday 16 May.  We invite the children to arrive at school for breakfast at 8.15am to help set them up for the work they will be doing during the day.  A letter has been sent to parents today with more information.

New playtime equipment

Over the Easter holidays we have had building work underway and you will see new play equipment appearing in the playground. Kind reminder to all parents that children are not to use play equipment at drop off or collection times.  

School Uniform – The next order cut off is 26 April 2024. Please order on the school money app. 

Themed Menu – As part of our theme days, we will be holding a ‘Fun at the Fair’ lunch on Thursday 16 May 2024. Please book via school Money.

Farthing Wood Fire Station Visit – reception class will be enjoying a trip to see our Fire Engine and some of the crew don’t forget to complete the consent form for your child to attend by Wednesday 24 April 2024: https://forms.gle/onvEShuEjpTci2RC9

Walk Home Consent (Afterschool Clubs) – As the evenings are lighter your child will now be allowed to walk home when they have finished providing the necessary paperwork has been completed.  If you have any questions or queries please contact the Office.

Young Writers – Check out our Facebook page for information and photos of our amazing winners!  Each year children are given the opportunity to participate and it’s lovely to see all of their work be recognised.  I am sure you are all as proud of them as we are.

Next Week’s Key Dates:

Monday

Tuesday

After School Clubs: Gardening Club / Tennis / Parent and Child Boogie Bounce

Wednesday

Rivendell Careers Fair

Thursday

After School Clubs: Multi-skills / Music / Drama

Friday

Swimming – Whoville every Friday until and including 24 May 2024

Narnia Class update

Welcome back for the Summer Term, Narnia Class! This week is our Personal Development week at MIJS, and we have been focusing on PSHE, RE and Science as well as being introduced to our new Topic for the term: ‘Infinity and Beyond’, which is all about Space! In PSHE, we have been learning about things that can go into or onto people bodies that can make them feel good or not good, such as different foods, drinks and medicines, and in RE we have been learning about how Jewish people celebrate the festival of Passover. In Science, we have been learning about what plants need to grow and have even been doing a bit of gardening! We have also been on a walk around the school to explore the different types of deciduous and coniferous trees on our grounds. In Topic, we have been learning that the furthest man has ever been in space is to the moon (a distance of around 240,000 miles!) and that there are 8 planets in our Solar System. Feel free to quiz us on their names at home!

Neverland Class update

Welcome to our final term, Summer! To get us started for this term, we have begun a new topic, ‘Infinity and Beyond’. The children are very excited about this topic, there is much to learn about space! We have spent some time learning about trees and plants in Science and getting our hands covered in soil while planting our own cress and sunflowers. Alongside Science we have completed another PSHE unit which is about what is safe to go in and on our bodies. The children have shown excellent understanding about what is good for us and who we should go to if we are unsure about whether or not something is safe for our bodies. Please continue to send children in with appropriate shoes and in the correct school uniforms. New topic homework has been sent home, feel free to get started on this and don’t forget to fill in reading logs when reading at home – 5 recorded reads at home equals 5 Mundesley merits children can spend in the Mundesley Merit shop!

Farthing Wood Class update

We were so excited to welcome the children back this term. It has been lovely to hear about the wonderful things they have been doing over Easter especially the nature scavenger hunt – I hope you all enjoyed it!
In phonics we have introduced the children to CVCC words (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant, Consonant) such as limp, pond, soft, hand. The children have been amazing at recognising the vowels and consonants in each word. We then had a go at creating CVCC flashcard families. Children had to take a word, sink for example and think of words that rhyme with it and create new flashcards by changing the initial (first) sound – sink – pink – link – wink – rink. Although they found it a challenge at first they were really resilient and came up with the most amazing CVCC families.
In English we have been writing our own independent sentences. The children have blown me away with their letter formation and using their sounds correctly. They even remembered a capital letter at the beginning, finger spaces and a full stop! I am so proud of the progress they have made – I hope you are too!
In Maths we have started a new phase called ‘To 20 and Beyond’. We have been exploring how numbers 11 to 20 are made. We use the sentence one whole ten and ? more to allow the children to fully understand the concept of numbers bigger than ten. For example 11 is 1 whole ten and 1 more, 15 is 1 whole ten and 5 more, 19 is 1 whole ten and 9 more. The children have really excelled with this and we have had great fun playing Bingo recognising those numbers.

This week we have started a new Topic – ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. Our Key Enquiry Question this term is ‘Are all communities the same?’ and our Key Concepts are ‘community’ and ‘consequences’. We have discovered lots of different environments such as desert, arctic, woodlands, swamps, ocean, fields, ponds, rivers and flowers. The children were absolutely amazing at naming animals that would live in those types of environments. Next we looked at habitats and what these are. A habitat is a place where something lives. The children have spent time outside looking at different habitats that are around school and discovering lots of different animals who live there.

Please remember that PE is on a Monday and we expect children to come into School wearing their PE kit – a letter reminding you of the correct PE kit has been sent home.
Please ensure you send wellies and waterproofs with your child to keep in their locker at school.
Please remember to send your child’s Handwriting Homework Book back on a Monday – thank you.
We love to see what adventures your child gets up to at home – clubs they attend , baking, reading, making dens, being creative, going on nature walks. Tapestry is a wonderful place to share these with us and the class – please upload your photos and a brief description so we can share these together during circle time.

Head of School update

What an Eggscellent week we have had!!

Monday saw parents attending the second session of our behaviour support workshop run by our colleagues from the Schools and Communities team.  We hope you have picked up some tips and tricks and don’t forget we are here to support you if you have any questions. Speak to your child’s teacher or Mrs Webster.  Both can be contacted through the School Office.

Wednesday the weather let us down so we were not able to have our picnic on the field however, we were able to have our Easter Extravaganza with parents in for Easter themed activities in their house groups.  We all had some brilliant fun and the crafting skills of our parents never ceases to amaze!  The children all loved having you here.

Thursday we had class photos in the morning, these will be available after Easter. 

When we return after the Easter holiday we will be launching our new Reading Cafe’s.  These are instead of the reading mornings offered so far this year.  Parents are invited to join their children on set days to come into class and join in with reading activities for half an hour. Further details will be sent out on the Dates for the Diary notice.

All that remains is to wish all of our families, children and staff a lovely Easter break and see you all when we return on Monday 15 April 2024.

Easter break – school closed from Monday 01 April to Friday 12 April inclusive.

Week commencing 15 April Key Dates:

Monday

Welcome Back!

Tuesday

After School Clubs: Gardening Club / MJS Tennis / Boogie Bounce Parent & Child

Wednesday

Reading Cafe – Whoville Class 9am to 9:30am

Thursday

After School Clubs: MIS Multiskills / MJS Drama

Friday  

Swimming Whoville Class until Friday 24 May inclusive

Narnia Class update

We have finally made it to the last week of the term and we are all very much ready for the break! This week we have been winding down for the term, continuing our stories based on the book, The Koala Who Could. We have been looking at multiplication, discovering that when you swap around the two factors in a multiplication equation, the answer stays the same! In Topic, we have had an art week. We have been learning the primary and secondary colours and how to make tints and shades of the same colour by adding black or white. We have been using these skills to create our own coral reef paintings filled with sea creatures! We hope you all have a wonderful Easter break and look forward to welcoming you back in the Summer Term.

Neverland Class update

The Spring term has come to an end for the children of Neverland class. We have been as busy as always. In Maths we have been checking our understanding of skip counting and groups of 2s, 5s and 10s. In Phonics we have recapped the sounds ‘ar’, ‘u-e’ (U-Hoo), ‘u-e’ (Cool Blue) and ‘o-e’. Our afternoons have been very busy creating sea coral pictures to participating in two parent events! On Monday we welcomed families in to help us complete a ‘Way Down Under topic quiz’ – Well done to team Wombats for a outstanding team effort which lead them to winning first place! On Wednesday we had a Easter craft afternoon. Thank you to everyone who came to these events, it is always lovely to see everyone! We have sent home read books, home handwriting and an Easter themed booklet for the children to complete over the half term holiday. Have a wonderful Easter break and I will see you all in the Summer term!

Farthing Wood Class update

We have had a wonderful last week in Farthing Wood Class. It was lovely to see so many of you at our parent event ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’. We hope you all enjoyed making the wonderful easter crafts with you children – we certainly did!
In phonics we have introduced two new Tricky Witch trigraphs – ‘ear’ as in hear, beard, fear, dear and ‘ure’ (you have to say it in a posh voice!) as in sure, lure, manure, furniture. We have been super detectives and looked for the hidden flashcards both inside and out and then sorted them into the correct sound group.

In English we have continued with ‘Drawing Club’ this week and have been reading the Traditional Tale – Jack and the Beanstalk. The children really liked the setting of the castle at the top of the beanstalk and drew some amazing pictures of what they thought it might look like. We used our creative thinking brains to come up with ideas on how the police could catch Jack, what new treasure the Giant might have and what Jack might buy with all his treasure. The children have the most fantastic imagination and used their Monster Phonics knowledge and wrote the most wonderful descriptive sentences explaining what they have drawn!
In Maths we are still consolidating our learning and have been busy combining two groups and finding out how many we have altogether, matching numerals to pictures, working out who has more and using bead strings to continue to imbed number bonds to 10.
In Topic we answer our key enquiry question for this term – ‘Does the past have an impact on our future’. The children realised that what happens in the past means we can have a better future. Toys are better, phones are better, even hoovers!! There are lots of opportunities for us to try new and exciting things because of what has happened in the past – like exploring space! We remembered we are all unique and we all have different likes and dislikes and this may impact on our future and what job we may have. We decided it would be a good idea to try every new opportunity given to us even if it is a little scary.
We learnt all about the Hindu Festival of Colour called Holi. Then children loved watching a video of the festival and were amazed at the different colours and music. They especially liked the part where they throw colourful paint at each other! We created our own Festival of Colour and danced to music with colourful ribbons – it was fantastic! We have also been learning about the Christian Faith and their celebrations, especially Easter. We learnt all about the story of Jesus and why Christains celebrate this special story. We made easter bonnets, easter baskets and easter nests!

Please remember that PE is on a Monday and we expect children to come into School wearing their PE kit – a letter reminding you of the correct PE kit has been sent home.
Please ensure you send wellies and waterproofs with your child to keep in their locker at school.
Please remember to send your child’s Handwriting Homework Book back on a Monday – thank you.
We love to see what adventures your child gets up to at home – clubs they attend , baking, reading, making dens, being creative, going on nature walks. Tapestry is a wonderful place to share these with us and the class – please upload your photos and a brief description so we can share these together during circle time.
Finally we hope you all have an amazing Easter Holidays and we cannot wait to see you all for the summer term.

Head of School update

Its been a Quacking good week this week!

It was lovely this week to see and speak to so many parents as we held our Parents evening sessions in person and virtually. Please remember if you missed out on speaking to your child’s teacher please call the office and we will arrange for another convenient time for you.  

Our Year 5 and 6 children were entertained at North Walsham High by a performance of Sister Act which we all thoroughly enjoyed! Then on Thursday the children had a trip to Pensthorpe Wildlife park and saw all sorts of birds and creatures.  Duck whispering was not part of the planned activities but seeing the picture above, seemed to go well!   

PTFA Book Fair – It has been lovely to see all the children and parents at the book fair this week. We encourage reading for all the children as it has such a positive effect on their general learning.  In a book you can travel the world safely from your home! 

Phonics Workshop – Thank you to parents who joined us for this informative session. We will run more at a later date. 

School Uniform – The next order cut off is 26th April 2024. Please order on the school money app. 

Lost Keys – We have had a set of keys handed into the infant school that were found in the layby opposite. If these are yours please pop in.

Next Week’s Key Dates:

Monday

Behaviour Workshop 9am to 10.30am MJS

Quiz Time – Parent event in Neverland and Narnia Class 2.15pm

Tuesday

After School Clubs: Gardening Club / Ultimate Frisbee

Wednesday

Family Easter Eggstravaganza – Parents are welcome to join their children for lunch at 12:30pm and then participate with inhouse activities

Thursday

Class Photos – Will be taking place on Thursday 28th March – Children with PE on this day are asked to arrive in their uniform and to bring their PE Kit in a named bag.

After School Clubs: Gymnastics / Netball

Friday

SCHOOL IS CLOSED – WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY  15 APRIL 2024

Narnia Class update

We have had yet another fantastic week in Narnia class! In English, we have been studying the book ‘The Koala Who Could’, about a little koala that feels too scared to leave his tree until he finally overcomes his fears. We have been practising writing questions and answers as part of our learning and are making great improvements in understanding where a question mark is needed. In Maths, we have been practising our 2, 5 and 10 times table – please feel free to practise with us at home so that we can become more automatic in remembering these! In Topic, we have been focussing on art, in particular sculpture. We have been practising skills for sculpting clay and have been making our very own Australian animal sculptures! Thank you to all those who attended the parents’ evenings – I’m sure you’ll agree that we are doing a super job in Year 2 and we are all very proud of how far we’ve come so far this year.